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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng; Jyutping: Ng5 Hang4), translated as Five Moving Ones, Five Circulations, Five Types of Energy, Five Elements, Five Transformations, Five Phases or Five Agents, is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including terrestrial and celestial…

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Bopomofo
ㄨˇㄒㄧㄥˊ
Chinese
五行
Chữ Hán
五行
Fuzhou BUC
Ngū-hèng
Hangul
오행
Hanja
五行

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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples31
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationohaengMcCune–Reischauerohaeng, TranscriptionsRomanizationGogyō, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinwǔxíngBopomofoㄨˇㄒㄧㄥˊWade–Gileswu3-hsing2IPA[ù.ɕǐŋ]Yue: CantoneseYale Romanizationngh-hàhngJyutpingNg5 Hang4IPA[ŋ.hɐŋ˩]Southern MinHo…
IPA · 2
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → [ù.ɕǐŋ], [ŋ.hɐŋ˩]
Bopomofo · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → ㄨˇㄒㄧㄥˊ
Chinese · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → 五行
Chữ Hán · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → 五行
Fuzhou BUC · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → Ngū-hèng
Hangul · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → 오행
Hanja · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → 五行
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → wǔxíng
Hiragana · 1
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) → ごぎょう

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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Chinese五行1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Chữ Hán五行1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Fuzhou BUCNgū-hèng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Hangul오행1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Hanja五行1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Hanyu Pinyinwǔxíng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Hiraganaごぎょう1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Hokkien POJNgó͘-hân Ngó͘-hîng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)IPA[ù.ɕǐŋ]1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)IPA[ŋ.hɐŋ˩]1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)JyutpingNg5 Hang41.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Kanji五行1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Manchu scriptᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᡶᡝᡨᡝᠨ1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)McCune–Reischauerohaeng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Mongolian Cyrillicтаван махбод1.00infobox
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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Möllendorffsunja feten1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Revised Romanizationohaeng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)RomanizationGogyō1.00infobox
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Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationohaengMcCune–Reischauerohaeng1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationGogyō1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Vietnamese alphabetngũ hành1.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Wade–Gileswu3-hsing21.00infobox
Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)Yale Romanizationngh-hàhng1.00infobox

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